Edit: obligatory explanation (thanks mods for squaring me away)…

What you see via the UI isn’t “all that exists”. Unlike Reddit, where everything is a black box, there are a lot more eyeballs who can see “under the hood”. Any instance admin, proper or rogue, gets a ton of information that users won’t normally see. The attached example demonstrates that while users will only see upvote/downvote tallies, admins can see who actually performed those actions.

Edit: To clarify, not just YOUR instance admin gets this info. This is ANY instance admin across the Fediverse.

    • OmniGlitcher@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      1 year ago

      Ah yes, because the practical option is to be constantly switching accounts and instances based on what you want to look at for 5 minutes each.

      • Boz (he/him)@lemmy.oneEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I find it’s possible to be logged into two instances on the same browser, so it doesn’t need to be more difficult than switching tabs. (That may change, I don’t know whether it’s technically desirable, but if it’s relevant to someone’s interests…)

    • AncientMariner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      That’s a temporary workaround, but Lemmy isn’t the easiest place to come into, and things like this just make it harder.

      It’s a problem I think Lemmy devs need to solve.

    • fuckyou_m8@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      OK so let’s tell the regular user “hey come to lemmy, but don’t forget to keep multiple accounts because here everyone can spy on you”

      That’s not a good message